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Also called black caraway, black cumin, black onion seed, and kalonji, black seed oil is the product of a small flowering shrub native to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Known as Nigella sativa, this purple or white-tinged flower produces fruits containing tiny black seeds which have been used in remedies for thousands of years.
In fact, it is believed that black seeds were found in King Tut’s tomb – cementing the importance of the age-old remedy throughout history.
An “excellent source of vitamin E, A, and B,” black seed oil aids in protecting the skin from 45 percent of harmful UV rays, Mituri, of Nim-Véda Australia, an organic-based Ayurvedic Personal Care line, tells BlackDoctor.org.
Mituri added that it’s “a great [oil] for anyone looking to stimulate the body and recover from fatigue — it’s also enormously effective against skin conditions such as acne and psoriasis.”
Some of the most promising research points to Nigella Sativa as a tool to combat the effects of powerful superbugs — including tuberculosis, influenza, staphylococcus, and gonorrhea, to name a few.
Superbugs are drug-resistant bacteria – the very product of the antibiotics created to control and destroy them. Each year these drug-resistant bacteria infect more than 2 million people nationwide, killing at least 23,000, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
But there’s more…
Black seed oil variations “may also assist in preventing cancer, diabetes, hair loss, obesity, various skin issues, and infections,” our expert tells us.
Take one study, which found that thymoquinone, an active ingredient isolated from Nigella sativa (“the anti-tumor effects of thymoquinone have also been investigated in tumor xenograft mice models for colon, prostate, pancreatic and lung cancer) for example. The combination of thymoquinone and conventional chemotherapeutic drugs could produce a greater therapeutic effect as well as reduce the toxicity of the latter.”
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